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Wabasha County
Minnesota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wabasha County


Index to Locations

  • Lake City St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
  • Plainview Greenwood Cemetery
  • Wabasha Riverview Cemetery
  • Wabasha St. Felix Cemetery


    St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
    Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota
    Politicians buried here:
      P. H. Rahilly — of Wabasha County, Minn. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives 15th District, 1874; member of Minnesota state senate 15th District, 1879-80. Interment at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.


    Greenwood Cemetery
    Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Blake C. Fisk (1873-1967) — of Plainview, Wabasha County, Minn. Born in Plainview Township, Wabasha County, Minn., May 22, 1873. Son of Chauncey Fisk (1843-1907) and Sarah (Finch) Fisk (1848-1918). Farmer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 3rd District, 1923-26; member of Minnesota state senate 3rd District; elected 1930. Died in Olmsted County, Minn., March 3, 1967 (age 93 years, 285 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1899 to Grace Ada Landon (1874-1959).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Riverview Cemetery
    Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota
    Politicians buried here:
      John Van Dyke (1807-1878) — of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J.; Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minn. Born in Lamington, Somerset County, N.J., April 3, 1807. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of New Brunswick, N.J., 1846-47, 1852-53; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1847-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1859-66; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 15th District, 1872; district judge in Minnesota, 1873-78. Died in Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minn., December 24, 1878 (age 71 years, 265 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    St. Felix Cemetery
    Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota
    Politicians buried here:
      John Robert Foley (1890-1954) — also known as John R. Foley — of Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minn. Born in 1890. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1928. Died in 1954 (age about 64 years). Interment at St. Felix Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of John Robert Foley (1917-2001), Daniel F. Foley and Patrick J. Foley. See Foley family of Minnesota.


     

     


     
       
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